Researchers examined the use of the MaXcess retractor system during the minimally invasive standard anterior discectomy and fusion on 12 patients. The patients underwent an anterior spinal cord decompression and then the instrumented fusion using MaXcess.
The patients stayed in a hospital for an average of five days and experienced a visual analogue pain score reduction from nine to three. All patients with myelopathy and/or sphincter dysfunction showed improvement and one patient experienced pleural effusion.
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